I wonder how chairs get sturdy and fit people but not all sizes. Frankly, chairs are not one size fits all. Say, for children, you may need plastic play chairs. For restaurant babies, there’s...

“Makibaka. Huwag Matakot!”. A  graffiti scene  from the musical Silver Lining Redux     that depicted the long history of student radical activism in the University of the Philippines (UP). Initially...

The parameters for the third doctor consultation under   the newly signed Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers will lessen the chance of claimants  to receive favorable decisions in compensation cases...

After September with the Suicide Prevention Month, October the Mental Health Month and November after all soul’s and all saint’s day plus the horror of the holiday halloweeen for employers...

Though it seems out of date, it rings timeless (and inspired by the ghost of my conscience). Not by that fool, unhinged and stuck on the 1st of April. How that came to be, I don’t know. The fool that...

Republic Act No. 12027 has recently taken effect. While allowing its optional usage in monolingual classrooms, the mother tongue is no longer used as a teaching medium from Kindergarten to Third...

Trigger Warning: This column may talk on toxicity and a few experiences on a mental illness – schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. In case some of these facts may trigger you, I suggest...

Of the more than 180 candidates who filed their certificates of candidacy for senator, many were deemed “nuisance” contenders, while others came from political dynasties, or were familiar...

When it comes to remembering our country’s history of struggle, most people’s memories seem to be selective, and rather short, including World War II. The  stories of Filipina  comfort women became...

Basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are considered to be entitled, often held to include the rights to life, liberty, equality, and fair trial, freedom from slavery and torture, and freedom...